Library Collections Search Results
Modify Search  |  New Searchrss icon RSS | Saved Results (0)
Search:
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. in subject [X]
Manuscript Collection in format [X]
Women's American ORT. Cleveland Region. in subject [X]
Results:  1 Item
Sorted by:  
Page: 1
Format
Manuscript Collection[X]
Subject
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.[X]
Occupational training for Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Women's American ORT. Cleveland Region.[X]
Manuscript CollectionRequires cookie*
1Title:  Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region Records     
 Creator:  Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region 
 Dates:  1965-1976 
 Abstract:  Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region, was established in 1957 as a regional group of the Women's American Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training (ORT), a vocational training program for Jewish people which is a member of the World ORT Union, a worldwide organization whose purpose is to help people by teaching them modern trades and skills. The World ORT runs a global network of vocational schools for this purpose. The Cleveland Region ORT has 28 chapters divided into 5 administrative sections. It is led by a Region Board which is structured into four departments: Special Projects (fund raising), Membership, Education, and Community. It belongs to District VIII, which comprises Ohio, Michigan, and parts of New York and Pennsylvania. The collection consists of correspondence (1972-1975), papers on the history of the ORT from 1881 to 1939, minutes of the Region Board and the Executive Committee (1972-1974), reports of the Cleveland Region made at various conferences and seminars (1965-1975), newsletters, programs, fund raising manuals and cards, certificates, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous printed materials, and two scrapbooks, dated 1972 and 1973, containing newspaper clippings and circulars. 
 Call #:  MS 3796 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Women's American ORT. Cleveland Region. | Occupational training for Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
  View Finding Aid  |  View XML